Fastener assembling and attaching means.



e. F. PULLEN. FASTENER ASSEMBLING AND ATTACHING MEANS.

' APFLICATON FlLED OCT. 25' 1913.

1,178,679. Patented Apr. 11,1916.

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iewbo'c 1&2 $1 WM e F. PULLEN. FASTENER ASSEMRIING AND ATTACHING MEANS.

AFPLICATQN. FILED ()CT. 25. 1913- Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

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s. F. PULLEN. I FASTENER ASSEMBLLNG AND ATTACHING MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25, 1913.

1,178,679, Patented Apr. 11,1916.

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ononoErLrULLnn-nr warnnnnnv connncr cur, assIenoR-ro mnn ttannraoq roams-cement,- or WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, "A conrom'rlonor con,-

To'aZZ whom i 't nmy concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE a citizen-vofthe-Uni'ted' Sta'tes, residing at line, 2-5-2- .of Fig; .1'.

NVaterburyJn the county of NewHaven, in the State-50f Connecticut, have'invented certain new g toner Assembling and AttachingjMeans, of which the following is a specification.

' My invention relates generally to new and useful improvements-in'machines for -assembling parts of garment or other fasteners-'- w-hich comp-rise a plurality of parts which are brought together in 'a-fixed relation to leted fastener or a mem- 7 constitute a comp ber thereof. Y

The invent on consists in the improved ore fully describedlhereinafter andtlie novelty-0f which will be out and. distinctly claimed. y g} I.

I have fully and cleag'ly illustrated my in vention in the accompanying drawings to be taken as a part of, thisspecification and whereinf' Figurel is a structure embodying my present invention.

Fig. 2 is afvertical ,central "section: on' the section on the line of Fig. 2. Fig. 1 a semi-diagrammaticview, partly, in section,

of a portion of one of the feed guides showi ut3off1and feed-plunger in one pos1- tion; 2 Fig. 5is a similar view to Fig. 4 show ing the cut-off and plunger in another post tionlx Figi spi aviewi side elevation with arts brokenawayyfandun section, I ofwthe= drums for containingthe fastener parts-.;uFi-g. ,7 is an enlarged vertical ceninvention I tral 1r sectional viewjl through the dies for assembling the fastenerj parts. Fig. 8;is a detail fsectional v'iew of'p rts" of onefty'pe of fastener'upon. which the machine is 'designe to operate; and, Fig. 9 is a central vertical the parts shown in Fig. 8 after the same have been assembled- Before entering into a description of my known type of fastener 'orfastener element upon Whichit may a nd 9. ,I til figures? the fastener comprojection hollow neck I, said head and anvil socke f, respectively,

c Specification of Letters Y atent. V

F. Penman,

and useful Improvements in Fasa view in front elevation of Fig. 3 is a horizontal "of one (1 'part 5.

- at a point ing love "13, consisting of a substantially will describe briefly one well -vertical por operate sshown in Figs.

ead a inwhich is inserted ket bhaving ananvil t having engaging fiangese at the lower ends, which ras'rnnnnhssnmisnmeannkr'raorime Means;

fianges'are secured together an annular, collar g, all substantially 'as'shown. i lb desig= nates ashank'or stem'member consisting of Patented Apr. 11,191 Appli cation filed was 25,1913, seria11o.7B7,179. 7

a shank h andflange 2', said shank or stem being-intended to pierce through a fabric and be passed within the hollow neck d, the

head and stem member being clamped to-' gether by forcibly thrusting the end of'the shank 71, into engagement with the anvil c which serves'to 'spreadfand distend the metal of the shank h into substantially the-posi tion shown "in Fig. 9. When the parts'are united the fabric to which the fastener is attached is securely clamped between the" flange piece of the head member and the 'fiange-of the shank member, ribe one type of machine in I will now d connection yvith which my invention-isem- 1 ployed, said machine forming no'part of my present invention except in so .far as;it ,o1t

'parts thereof, may enter into" combinationtherewith, said machine being the invention :of John ,D'raher and covered by Letters Patent Np. 1,165,078, of December 21, 1915. Referring now more particularly to Figs.

1, 2 and3 of the drawings, A designates 5 generally a frame which consists of a base plate 1 and a vertical post or standard 2 having a forwardly-extending overhanging arm 3 provided with a vertical guide pasage and an impact surface 9 at the bottom of g and designed to-coeperate with i the socket member in assembling the same said opening,

with a studlmember held by an opposing die 10 supported by the forwardly-projecting vertical parallel ears 11 in which is seated a bearing pin 1,2,.upon which is fulcrumedl intermediate its ends, an operat-.

tion '14 extending in rear of the '85 or bores. Cast integral with the forward the open- At the head of the column 2, are

frame orstand', and "a forwardly-extending. overhan' 'ng portion 153 connected to the j head of the plunger 6 by alink connection 16 whereby said plunger 6 may be'rec'ipro-v catedfi- The downward. movement [of the lever 13 maybe limited by a stop screw 1-7 threaded'into the arm 3 beneath thepqrtion -15 of said leven- The lower end of thelever 13 carries asuitable-connection 13 by means -of which said-lever may be connected to a [foot treadle I or power mechanism (not shown) forswinging said lever on its fulcrum. i a

The construction of the'dies'is not important as far asmy invention is concerned, so

I will not describe the same with detail here. i i

socket part of the fastener down onto the .istud member-supported on the die 10, s'erv ing to expand the stud member to lock the.

same to the socket member. The die 7 contains a holdingspring 7 to hold the head of the socket member in moving the latter down toward the stud member.

' the grooves 20, 21, respective'ly,'and reciprocable lengthwise thereof, in the said ways' the dies 7 and 10, to'deliver,the head and.

.s'tud parts to the dies with the head part above the stud part. Arranged inieach of are plunger blades 22, 23, "carried by plunger bars 24,25, respectively, sliding in up 7 per and lower horizontal guide openings 26,

27, in the-vertical post 2, the rear ends of said plunger bars24 and 25 being connected by links, 28, 29, to the depending portion 14 of the-operating lever, the arrangement bedrums 34,}fixed thereto, and surrounding htoward-the post 2' the plunger 6, and its die 7 will be raisedwhile the blades 22, 23, will be moved forward to move to the dies fastener partswhich may have been deposited in said slots 20, 21 by supply .and feed i the neck .of the shank portion, or the head 'means to be presently described.

Supported on the upper portion of the; post 2 is ahoriz'ontaily disposed shaft 30,

supporting on'eachof its ends a fixed non-. rotatable plate 31, secured to said shaft by a set-screw 32, and having on its inner face -.an annular flange 33. ,Also mountedon the shaft between said arm 3 and each of the plates 31 is a rotatable drum 34 consisting of a-head' having'an annular flange 35 to cooperate with the aforesaid flange 33,,

each drum thereby forming-with its a'djacent plate a receptacle'for the fastener parts to be assembled. The flange 35 of each drum is formed with a plurality of tangen-- tial slots 37 of a width slightly greater than of the socket ortion of the.fastener parts. Connected to t e lower forward end of each ofsaidplates 31 is a feed chute 39, one of which leads to the guide way '18 and the other to the guide way 1 the lower end of each of said cimt into the side of the guide way l When'the member 7 is forced down by the operating lever 13, it moves the head or guidecliannel of. the feed chute.

mg such that when the said lever isswung it delivers the parts. I Each'of thesechutes consists of. a

plate or strip-of'meta-l curved downward dinal groove 40 down which the{fastener groove by sidestrips 41, 41,seciired to j a gtoovedl. face of as chutesf The so strips 41, -41,'at their inner ed es-over hang the groove" 40, so. that t e edges '16 1 parts gravitate, said parts'being main-2% of the flanges of the fastener parts; pass beneath the overhanging artsfof said strips, and the shanks or hea 5 pass between the adjacent edges of said strips; About the inner face of .each plate 31 is 'astrip 42]!) forming-a. continuation of oneof the strips 41, and-a small section 13 1' orming a con tinuation of the other strip 41. The flange of eachd'rum and the slots therein are. so arranged with reference to the inlet end 44 of the guide channel in the chute that the fastener parts may pass therethrough, the

flange of each of the drums being spaced from the circular portion of the plate 31 sufficiently to permit the flangesof the fastener parts to pass between .thesaid flange" and said plate and'be delivered into the Each of theplates 41 is provided with an inlet hopper- 45 through'which the parts are sup lied 9 to the drum, and isalso provided wita an opening 46. closed byathreaded plug 47 through which the drum may be emptied of its contents' a Mounted onthe inner faceof each of the which mesh with the segmental racks on the pawl carriers. Connecting each of the levers 54 with-the overha'ngin part- 15 of theoperating lever is a link 55 whereby said levers 54 are pulled upward at the same time as the plunger 6, and the awl carriers F are thrown-to cause the ,puWl s to'en'g'agei the ratchet wheels and revolvethe drums, The pawls are yieldingly held in engagement with the ratchet wheels by springs 56 r so that when the levers are moved down ward, the pawls ride over the ratchets.

The outer end of the upper way '18 terminates just short of the plunger-'6, and at the end of-said way is provided means .toreceive a fastener part when itisthrust for- .ward by the blade 22, and suppofl'iitin the,

po'rted on opposite sides of the plunger and avingsemi-=cii'cula1 zr'ecesses 85,8, nfitting pivoted as at? togonejend ofa connecting"- ,hout. said plungeig saidblocks being e'zioh link 76; the opposite end ofiyhich isgpivot iuppo'rted'b inzi leaf spring.59;. securedfat he at 77 to the leverj-13. belonfvtlie fnlcru one end to the head 3;lsaid-springsservingthereof. .P-The opposite end of the--- -'ook shzi.

5 to yieldingly hold the blocks in engagement, 7% carriesfalever- 78 1 10 \VlllQlliS"COIIIiQfGd YQ with the'plnnger At the side toward the the link 72on-theopposite side gof'tlie'r;ma-- r end of thef upper gtiide way -the-blocks .57 fihinefor theslide member iii) fox: the p0 are eachjarovided with a recess 60 located site chute. 2;; {1 y above i =slioi1lder, 61, said recesses being- Carried by each. of-theslide memb e 1o adapted to form a passageway to receive is afingei- .79 preferably oi'erlyingthe the fastener perts,endflleading to an a'nnnv; chuteshnd adsptedtjo,passbetweemthe lowe lar seet' 62 formed by,iiinrsemi-circular re: .-,ermest fi stenerepnrtyand the nextfndjicent ceseesin saidbloeks into wliichfthe fastener part Whenthe-io rmen is pushedfro n th part is-tlirustbythe-finger 22;throughthe ledge 65,;hy the :pnsh'ineniber intogqthe V in; passa'gewayformed-by,the recesses 58. clined-i' portion ofthechute-way; The

Thegme'chanism so far-described; constinenendszofthe fingers Q79 andythe push tutes the invention of John Draher, as above .members 67 are ,7 So proportionedjand stated, except in so-fares it may enter into ranged with relation t ngth" lli combination-with the niechenism I wnino whenlone is withdrawn fr om vthe pa 20. describe; .exempf ingean embodiment of descent-otthe parts the -other is pr ed y nv -r1- t P i n-P t th -co u es im The [strips ,41,-+1;1, which "(We ie ,t ,7 V grooves in the"clintesf40"are respectiveeach set are nlsoispaced lap V formedjone with a; recess 63 endvthe otherv 'tance one abm he-other hotil e; ool lmnaim 'with'eprojection 6e directed toward said; of fast ners supported MY-t e,=seid ,,finger,i eeess,-thearrangementbeingsuch thatthe supported above;end-out of?contigt iiiith th passage between said strips is provided with \v'f 'sten v pa t g eti g-1 n-the. g i 6 a lateral 'ofiset or defiection fifiqorovidingn thatethegsaid ',p z rt is fiqee ofi th 7 resting or supportingdedgeor shoulderto' i hez O 1mn i v fblfi l no catch and supportthe'lower one of a column pushedipfi' the said ledge by the pi slif1iiiem oi the faStenerparts '31s said ports descend her 7- ,,It willpheappnrent thnt-fthe iiiem thechuteJQ Working inn transverse slot 6,6 bel-s6} and 79.0penite together as n {ClitfQfij'l in each-of yth'e ehutes; rand reoiprocable .to separate {the I 1owerm0 t--fas nn 'art ber 67 which serves to push theifiistenei- Jtliesame touthe-means for supported'on jiid le'dgefifiout into the inparts to the di'es, andnt th clinedfiportio lofthe guide. slotg soj' thete P rting and. reti iningzgthe.i'eineithefjfa'stene I column egainstdescentofth 'waygto whioh "the fchut'e is ,'conneoted. It der' to provide-fionthe dee Po t ite -H t ite into- "t i ee' will fhel seenihetjthis projection 64:. and the -tween@each finger inte el ofifsetordeflection (i fi-ereiloceted at 7 as l -thflw a point intermediate theends.ofthechute ,-;-i ,19h on so that-[the paitsmnybe fed. intothelower {Of a damping.

"of thelc'hute'one at a ti'n e and. gravi '-finger X iiete down the same freely Without hin- -i- RS e bo =-Tl1ef pper drenc'e or jninmingmj This an important vme'mbeiii'l'ignay lie-cu advanceo l ei ihose feed devices in which an s at 7? so, thn-t-Wheti the hei s 7 i 7 arefinoved f 'oinlthe position uninterrupted columnofi fastenersiextends x the full length of the ehi te; imwhiohgcese dwni F g-54:1 0. h no ibngsho so the parts-arelinble to jam snd inter fere in. Fig 5, the lOWermoSt'psI't' upi 'i filon with the successful operation of the 'mah llp i dged the g 7 ill drop chine. The inclined portion 68 of the slot into said recess so as to be in proper posi- 35 is formed by one of the Walls of the recess iOn to pass between the'finger and thepush G3, and the lower inclined edgeof the pro- -member when the la'tterei e moved fromthe i jeotion-fi i. position shown in Fig. 5totha't shown in 120 The thrust members"! is connec ted to n Fig. 4; l 3v I slidemember'fi?) slidable in a slot 70 b The' parts being constructed as above deneeth the strips 41, 41, said slid mb r scribed the operationof the 'machine-isixs being a transversely f th h t follows: Assuming that thezpa'rts are men? 60 and said slide members' heing each pivoted position shown in Fig. 2,,withkthe die? at" aset'illto' one end of a link 72, one end of the limit of its down P n, h nd a1 orient. said linksibeing pivoted to a re king socket or head piece being in the groove of lever ,7 ifnicrumed at its lower end on a "the guide way 20, and a studin"thefgroove rock shaft 7% havingbeering in thebase of, of the guide Way 21, thelver 13 'is moved fifithepost, The upperend of the'lever 73- is to theleft or toward, the standiird '2 from: 30 I the position shown in. Fig. 2, whereupon the plunger 6 is raisedand the blades 22, 23 move forward to push the fastener parts respectively into the seat in the blocks 59, and to the die 10. Duringthis movement the-push or thrust members 67- move forward from the. position shown in Fig. to

a the position'shown in Fig. 4, "to permit the lowermost part in each chute to gravitate onto the ledges 65, the fingers 79, being. projected across the slots of the chutes beneath the next lowermost part to support the columns ofparts. At the same time the levers 54 are raised to swing the pawl car-- riers downward to rotate the drums 34. The movement of the operating lever 1-3 is then reversed, whereupon the p u rand the die 7 carrying the head part of the fastener down, and impressing itover the stud part supported on the die lOto, thereby clench said parts together. During this operation the blades 22 and 23 are moved to the position shown in'Fig. 5 so as to uncover the entrance from the chutes into the guideways 18,19, and the thrust members 67 push the fastener parts from the ledges 65, down into the lower portions of the chutes whence the said parts gravitate singly to the'grooves of the guide ways 22, 23 as shown in Figs.

.2 and 5, in position to be pushedto'the dies by the blades 22,

23, when the operating lever is next operated in the opposite direction. from that just described. When the lever 13 is' moved to the rear, the levers 54:

are raised .to pull the pawls 49 back into position to engage the ratchet wheels 48 to rotate the drums'when the lever 13 is again moved forwardmsabove described,

NVhat I claim anddeslre to secure by Letters Patent'of the Unitcd States is:-

1. In a machine of the character set forth, a guide chute for fastener parts having a groove for passage of said'parts, a ledge intermediate the ends of sai'd'groove or supporting a fastener part, a member movable transversely of said groove, a push member carriedby said first-named member, to push a fastener part from said ledge, and a finger nger 6 is moved downward, spreading the blocks 57 apart carried by said first-named member and a column of fastener parts, said finger mg supported on an adjustablepivot.

to located above the'pushxmember to support 2. .In' a machine of the character set forth,

a guide chuteifor fastener parts'having a groove for passage of said parts, a ledge intermediate the ends ofsaid groove for sup-u porting a fastener'part a member movable -transversely of said groove, a: push member carried by said first-named member, to push a fastener part from said ledge, and a finger carried by said first-named member and loc'atedabove the, push member to'support a column of fastener parts, said finger being adjustable toward and away from said push member.

3. In a machine of the c1ass-described,in

combination, upper and lower guideways,

means to move a fastener partlengthwise of each guideway, guide chutes for parts discharging into said guideways, means for v supporting a column'of parts ineach guide chute, means for delivering the lowermost part from each guide chute to said guide-Y ways, and means for supporting the parts above the one delivered.

4. In a machine of the character dc-- scribed, superposed guideways, plungers in said guideways to position fastener parts,

guide chutes leading to said guideways,'a ledge intermediate the ends of said guide chutes adapted to support a fastener part, a

push member movablevin one direction to dislodge a fastener part. from said ledge, a finger to support the fastener parts when the push member is moved in the opposite direction, an. operating lever andconnections between the plungers and said push members and fingers whereby the fastener parts are dislodged when said plungers' are in aretracted position.

In testlmony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two sub- 

